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dogtooth
[ dawg-tooth, dog- ]
noun
- Also dog tooth. a canine tooth.
- Architecture. any of a series of small pyramidal ornaments, usually formed by a radiating arrangement of four sculptured leaves, set close together in a concave molding, used especially in England in the 13th century.
dogtooth
/ ˈɒɡˌٳːθ /
noun
- another name for a canine
- architect a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century
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There are also local wildflowers - trillium, dogtooth violets and cornflowers from ditches.
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And one tall yellow flower was called a dogtooth violet but was different and was really an adder’s-tongue.
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Tweed two pieces, dogtooth coats and feather dresses also featured for those who preferred Apres-ski over slopes.
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“It’s such an unusual application of what I do,” she says, whose mustard turban and dogtooth trousers mark her out as distinct from the be-fleeced CSIs.
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Wearing matching dogtooth suits and playing an exuberant cover of the Ghostbusters theme, they were literally the best thing we saw all weekend.
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